-YÉÉʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yee"

Navajo

Etymology

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Root

-YÉÉʼ

1. to be dreadful, be terrifying, be menacing

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅	?	S becomes dreadful hóóyééʼ (MOM?)
ni	adjectival	S is dreadful hóyééʼ (NEUT) ↳ bitsʼáhoníyééʼ

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM / NEUT	-yééʼ	-yééʼ	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to be afraid:

• -DZÍÍD

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -YÉÉʼ (terror)